Granny Square Brooches

Gorgeous day today.  Started out with an appointment at NOFO in Raleigh to replenish the very popular bullet necklaces.  It's such a cute shop and gets so many awards locally for best gift shop so it's great to have my items carried by them.  We then took a walk through the neighborhood of big, old homes before deciding to finish off at a park by the lake.  Plus, I didnt want to walk too far in new leather cowboy boots.  I did end up changing shoes but still ended up with many blisters.   Then taking advantage of the light, I snapped a few quick pics of the Granny Square Brooches I put together that I think are fabulous for spring!

Granny Square Brooch

 I got a bunch of these during a barter once and I'd been hoarding them for something good.  I took the mini squares and fixed them up with a backing and brooch hardware.  I'm definitely keeping a few for myself.

So many purty colors

 We had a Taco Bell picnic at the park right before our walk so I guess I things sort of evened out even though Im trying to consistently eat better and do yoga everyday.  Ive also stopped drinking.  After giving birth I totally thought Id be chilling in hundred degree weather with a cold margarita but between breastfeeding and the UC being at its worst, I just couldnt. I will get a few sips of wine in before I feel gross- stomach hurting, dizzy, and just like crap.  At least all those calories were easy to cut out.

This post was originally from yesterday but blogger was an idiot, didnt post it, and lost some of it.  Oh well

7 months

Seven months ago I stopped having time for anything else but taking care of this here baby.  I happen to be online today because my husband has been keeping her entertained with Star Wars.  Good Boy.

I've found within the delicate nap schedule small windows of time to actually make stuff and in the last few weeks many projects have gotten crossed of my To Sew list.  Wandering around JoAnn Fabric with my 40% off coupon, determined to take home a treasure or treat, I found this gem of a book NOT on sale and good to purchase with my discount:

We Make Dolls! by Jenny Doh

Made a couple and cut out pieces to make a few more which totally got me excited because I'd never sewn something from a book before.  Then last week I had a wondrous 50% off coupon to use and took home this amazing book:

all sewn up by chloe owens

Although I only saw a couple patterns I'd use when I flipped through it, I really wanted to make the hanging bird mobile and figured 10 bucks was a good price for an inspiration book.  The photos are great and the author looks like she has pretty good taste.  Unfortunately because I use nap times, there was a lot of hand sewing involved.  No problem, I had a beer to help pass the time.

A couple of days ago I finally sat down (with husband watching baby) and made ten bullet necklaces that I'm hoping to card tonight.  So maybe things will start balancing out better with having time to be creative.  I even made progress on designing a logo!  First step to redoing the mess of my site after moving it from melibeli.com to LaMelida.com